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An analysis of data from the German Family Commission found that relationship satisfaction continues to decline for both men and women after becoming parents. These declines appear to be primarily driven by increases in negative couple behaviors (such as conflict) and decreases in positive behaviors (such as emotional intimacy and gratitude). For women but not men, increased domestic work also contributed to the decline, albeit to a surprising extent. The paper was published in. marriage and family journal. The transition to parenthood is a major life change that affects both social roles and psychological functioning. As an individual assumes the…
The FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet this summer to discuss whether certain peptides should be allowed to be used from compounding pharmacies, suggesting a 2023 decision by the FDA could be reversed. The advisory committee will meet on July 23 and July 24 to consider the potential use of the seven peptides in specific uses, including ulcerative colitis, wound healing, obesity, and opioid withdrawal, according to a Federal Register notice. Each peptide in the table is proposed for inclusion in the 503A bulk list, which designates bulk drug substances from which physicians and pharmacies can compound…
With a new $6.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging, researchers at Case Western Reserve University will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify genetic targets that could potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease. The goal is to provide doctors and drug companies with new information that can prevent, delay or even treat disease, said lead researcher Jonathan L. Haines, chair of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. Drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Alzheimer’s disease work by removing abnormal protein clumps called amyloid plaques that…
Practicing mindfulness meditation for just one week will improve your ability to remember to do things at specific times in the future. This mental boost is most noticeable when people don’t have easy access to a clock to track elapsed time. The results of this study were recently published in the journal consciousness and cognition. In our daily life, we always need to carry out planned actions at a certain time. People with diabetes may need to remember to inject insulin every day at 5 p.m. Psychologists refer to this cognitive skill as time-based prospective memory. It is a very…
As Daiichi Sankyo’s priorities become increasingly tied to its portfolio of innovative medicines, particularly in oncology, the Tokyo-based drugmaker follows in the footsteps of its peers in striking a deal to separate from its consumer health business. Daiichi has signed an agreement with Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings to transfer all shares in its subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare. Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare sells popular over-the-counter medicines such as Lulu, a comprehensive cold medicine that has been around for decades, and Loxonin, an anti-inflammatory analgesic and antipyretic (PDF). Under the current transaction framework, the transfer would be worth 246.5 billion yen (approximately…
A team led by Project Associate Professor Harrison B. Smith of the Earth and Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo University of Science and Project Associate Professor Lana Sinapaen of the Institute for Basic Biology has introduced a new strategy to discover extraterrestrial life. Rather than looking for specific biological signals, their approach looks for patterns shared across groups of planets. This idea provides a new direction for astrobiology, especially when traditional biosignatures are unclear or unreliable. One of the biggest challenges in the search for extraterrestrial life is determining whether features observed on distant planets are truly indicative of…
You’re trying to get noticed in a crowded dating market. But as new research shows, the very strategies that attract attention can be the very things that keep love away. When my daughter was a teenager, she uploaded a photo of herself in a skimpy swimsuit to social media. This is something that many teenagers do. My parental instincts kicked in and I asked her to take it down. My concerns weren’t just about the wrong kind of attention (or predatory viewers). It was also about the message that photo sent when she knew she had so much more to…
The vital Atlantic current system appears much more likely to collapse than previously thought after a new study found that climate models predicting the greatest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists said the new findings were “very concerning” as a collapse could have devastating consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas.The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) is a major part of Earth’s climate system and was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis. Scientists have discovered warning signs of a tipping point in 2021 and know that Amok has collapsed…
Increased use of electric bikes and scooters is leading to a sharp rise in brain and spinal injuries among urban riders and pedestrians, a new study has found. The study, led by researchers at New York University Langone Health, found that these injuries currently account for nearly 7 percent of trauma patients admitted to one New York City hospital. Published online on April 15th NeurosurgeryThe study, a publication of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, analyzed 914 patients treated for injuries related to both pedal-powered and powered micromobility devices over a five-year period at New York City Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The…
April 15, 2026 Cancer cells are excellent at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences distinguish them from healthy cells. Now a team of scientists from Wageningen University and Research Institute and the Van Andel Institute has identified a way to exploit this difference. They used a variant of CRISPR, the latest tool for DNA editing, to distinguish between tumor DNA and healthy DNA, selectively cutting only the former. This research today natureis an early but promising step toward cancer treatment that targets and destroys tumor cells with high precision. The new method relies on methyl groups, small chemical tags attached…